Lin Firmament, Three Rounds of Merit Golden Ring!

Merit Golden Cloud was something Lin Firmament had already seen twice.

The first time was at the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect, and the second was when Qi Zi'Fan produced the General Principles of Daoist Arts Under Heaven. As for the first round of Merit Golden Ring...

At that time, she had yet to incarnate, so naturally she had been unable to see it.

But precisely because of that, Lin Firmament was utterly familiar with Merit Golden Cloud and recognized it at a glance.

That dense aura of merit could not be faked.

Yet precisely because she recognized it, she was stunned.

Where had this Merit Golden Cloud come from?! And judging by its position, it was directly above her and Zhou Xiaoran? Normally speaking, whoever this thing was above, that thing belonged to them.

But here was the problem.

She and Zhou Xiaoran were currently only in the exploration stage. They had done absolutely nothing during this period, so how had Merit Golden Cloud gathered?

"Could there be someone else nearby?"

"Could it be the Empress?"

Lin Firmament fell into deep thought and speculation.

Since it was neither her nor Zhou Xiaoran, then there had to be someone else nearby. And the most likely candidate was the Empress, right?

After all, the Empress was such a powerful expert that even if she released her Divine Sense, she still could not 'scan' her. It was perfectly reasonable and normal that she did not know the Empress was nearby.

It could not possibly be some creature within Kunlun that had suddenly performed some great deed of merit and earned the favor of Heaven's Will, could it?

"Sir, what is that?"

Zhou Xiaoran had never seen Merit Golden Cloud before. At that moment, she was bewildered and extremely shocked. "What is it?"

"Merit